Cannot save Report Definition: Save failed - PRRuntimeException

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I am trying to add one new column to some existing Report Definitions, and I am seeing this error. The error is so vague, I cannot understand what the problem is.

According to the tracer, the exception is occurring in step 19 of this activity:

Activity: Validate

[Final, Internal]

CL: Rule-Obj-Report-Definition

ID Validate

RS: Pega-Reporting:08-02-01

com.pega.pegarules.pub.clipboard.InvalidParameterException: cannot be null. page: Temp_PolicyCheck_ContentPage. Details: Invalid value for aMsgDescr passed to com.pega.pegarules.data.internal.clipboard.ClipboardPageImpl.addMessage(String)

Anybody have an idea what this means?

Note: I exposed the column in the database and I tried creating a new report with only this column in it. The new Report Definition saved fine, and I can see that this new column is getting populated.

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Solved - “Use alternate database” option was selected in the Report Definition and this column was not created/exposed correctly in the Reporting DB. It would have been nice if the error messaging in Pega was more meaningful.